Tray attachment for card tables



June 27, 1950 l A J, MEIER 2,512,958

TRAY ATTACHMENT FOR CARD TABLES Filed June 2l, 1947 AT TORNE Ys Patented June 27, -1950 UNITED STATES TRAY ATTACHMENT FOR CARD TABLES Adolf J. Meier, Washington, R. I.

Application June 21, 1947, Serial No. 756,237 1 claim. (ol. 311-103)l This invention relates to a tray for supporting cigarette ash receivers, glasses and the like which may be readily attached to aA card table and more particularly to the corner of a card table.

In the use of card tables, it is very desirable to provide some additional support for glasses or cigarette ash trays, andv sometimes such supports are attempted to be built into the table, such as a drawer which may be pulled out, or in other cases some sort of device with a screw clamp is attempted to be attached to the table. Such devices are relatively complicated in their construction and,l thus, costly to provide.

One of the 'objects of this invention is to provide an effective support for glasses or ash trays which may be attached to a card table or the like without the necessity of providing any screws or threaded members which may be easily detached from the card table.

Another object of this invention is to provide for attachment of the tray by simply swinging a part from one position to another.

With these and other objects in view, the in-.

vention consists of certain novel features of construction as will be more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claim. In the accompanying drawings: Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the attachment; Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the attachment as secured to the corners of a card table which is shown fragmentally and illustrating the attachment as supporting two different objects thereon;

Fig. 3 is an end view of the attachment;

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken substantially parallel to the edge of the tray.

In proceeding with this invention I provide a tray with downwardly extending arms which will engage the edge of the table top to be secured by pivoting on one or both of these arms a locking member which, by merely swinging beneath the flange of the table top, will hold the tray in position. This member may be locked in the position to which it is swung by a pin which is forced into one of the arms to prevent the swinging movement of the locking member with reference to this arm. The assembly thus provides no threaded members or other parts in which any precision need be provided in their manufacture.

With reference to the drawings, III designates a table top with downwardly extending flanges II about its periphery. Legs I2 extend downwardly from the table. The attachable tray designated generally I3 consists of a plate I4 which may conveniently have a retaining flange I5 extending about three sides of its periphery leaving an open edge I6 opposite the end.

Arms I8 extend downwardly from the plate member I4 at a point spaced from the end IIiso as to provide abutting surfaces I9 at their inward edges. On each of the arms I8, =a locking membel` is pivoted as at 2I which locking member is generally arc or hook shape having a flared end 22 which will engage the inner edge of the ange II so as to hold the arms I8 snugly Vagainst the outer edge of the flange I I.

As shown in Figs. 1, 2 andv 4, the plate extends outwardly from the corner at substantially 45 to each of the right angle sides of the table so that the edges I9 of the arms I8 abut the flanges II of the table, while the edge I6 of the plate overlaps the edge of the table to a small extent. When the tray is positioned in this manner, the locking members 20 are then swung about their pivots 2| until their inner ends 22 engage the flange II, as shown in Fig. 4, and thereafter a pin is positioned in one of the holes 23, such :as shown at 24 in Figs. 1 and 4, so as to prevent a swinging movement of the arm 20 to a release position. If it is desiredto release the tray from the edge of the table, it is merely necessary to remove the pin 24, swing each of the arms from beneath the flange of the table and lift the tray from position. This arrangement is very effective in use, simple in assembly and is formed of parts requiring less accuracy than where any threading clamp action is provided and thus may be extremely simple and inexpensive to manufacture and may be made out of any materials. y

The plate I4 enables a glass, such as shown at 25 or an ash tray, such as shown at 26, to be positioned as shown in Fig. 2.

I claim:

A detachable card table tray for a card table having a side frame comprising a plate member having an under surface to rest upon the upper marginal edge portion of a card table top and extending beyond the edge thereof, arms extendplate member rmly in position, one of said arms having a plurality of openings therein, and a stop pin receivable in said openings and engage- =ab1e by said locking member to block the swinging movement thereof.

ADOLF J. MEIER.

REFERENCES CITED VThe, following references are of record in the fue of this patent: y f

Number McKenney Oct. 9, 1934 

